Dale Anderson (footballer)

Dale Anderson (born 23 August 1970) is an English former footballer who made 15 appearances in the Football League playing as a forward for Darlington in the late 1980s.

For other people named Dale Anderson, see Dale Anderson (disambiguation).

Dale Anderson
Personal information
Full name Dale Anderson[1]
Date of birth (1970-08-23)23 August 1970[1]
Place of birth Newton Aycliffe,[1] England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
– Darlington
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1990 Darlington 18 (0)
1990–199? Middlesbrough 0 (0)
– King's Lynn
– Shildon
– West Auckland Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Anderson was born in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, and began his football career in the youth system of nearby Darlington.[1] He made his senior debut on 4 May 1987, away to Chesterfield in the Football League Third Division, at the age of 16 years and 254 days, which made him the club's youngest ever first-team player, a record he held for 21 years until it was broken by the 15-year-old Curtis Main.[3][4] He made fifteen appearances in the league,[1] but only three in the 1989–90 Football Conference championship season[5] as manager Brian Little preferred to field more experienced players.[6]

In June 1990, Anderson joined Middlesbrough, newly promoted to the Second Division, in exchange for defender Michael Trotter. He was signed with the intention of beginning his Middlesbrough career in the reserves,[6] never broke through to the first team, and went on to play non-league football for clubs including King's Lynn, Shildon and West Auckland Town.[3]

References
  1. "Dale Anderson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  2. Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 221. ISBN 0-356-17911-7.
  3. Amos, Mike (3 April 2001). "Up hill down Dale – the winding road to Peterlee". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 23 August 2014 – via NewsBank.
  4. "Morale-booster for Darlington". The Northern Echo. Darlington. 3 May 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  5. Harman, John, ed. (2005). Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years. Tony Williams Publications. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-869833-52-7.
  6. Paylor, Eric (20 June 1990). "Boro in swop deal". Evening Gazette. Middlesbrough. back page. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  • Dale Anderson at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database


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